«Obscene Fantasies»

Elfriede Jelinek’s Generic Perversions

von Brenda Bethman

136 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book examines Elfriede Jelinek’s investigation of Austria’s and Western Europe’s «obscene fantasies» through her «perversion» of generic forms in three of her best-known texts (Die Liebhaberinnen, Lust, and Die Klavierspielerin). Each chapter investigates a central psychoanalytic concept (alienation, jouissance, perversion, and sublimation) and reads a Jelinek text in relation to the genre that it is perverting, exposing the «obscene fantasies» that lie at its heart. This book argues that the disruption of genres is one of Jelinek’s most significant literary contributions, with her works functioning to create a «negative aesthetics» as opposed to a positive reworking of generic forms.

• Reihe: Austrian Culture
• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Geschichte und Kritik Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein 1900 bis 2000
• ISBN: 9781433110603
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 26.10.2011
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York